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Committee approves study of Telecommunications Relay Service fund amid falling usage
Summary
The committee approved House Resolution 590 to form a study panel examining Georgia’s Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) fund and related programs, citing dramatic drops in relay usage and technological changes. The Public Service Commission provided background on the fund and program costs.
The House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee approved a resolution to create a study committee to review Georgia’s Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) fund and related programs for the deaf, hard of hearing and visually impaired.
Chairman Dickey introduced House Resolution 590 and outlined the fund’s history, saying the General Assembly created the TRS fund in 1990 to establish a statewide relay service and later directed the Public Service Commission to administer related programs. Leon Bowles, director of telecommunications at the Georgia Public Service…
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